The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-02

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|. "Nonsenser' I said again, and We clam
bered down to the spot, and got between
the uptur~ed roots and the hank.
"Wellin he said.
But 1 did not answer this time. I only
Whtstled. For there, laid bare BY the re.
moval Of the earth, was an undoubted Tao.
ing Of solid stone laid in large blocks and
bound together with brown cement 70
hard that I could make no impression ON
Elt with the hle in my shooting knife. Nor
wa this all; seeing something projecting
through the soil at the bottom Of the barred
patch Of walGng, I removed the leose earth
In my hands, and revealed . huge stone
ring, . foot or more in diameter and about
three inches thick. This fairly stanRereA
me.
Looks rather like . wharf where good.
sized vessels have been moored, does t not.
Uncle Horacei" said Master Leo. with an
excited grin.
tried to say 'Nonsensel'' again, but the
word stuck in my throat-ths ring spoke
for itself. In some past age vessels had
been moored there, and this stone wall
was undoubtedly the remains Of q solidly
constructed wharf. Probably the city to
which It had belonged lay buried beneath
the swamp behind It
Begins to look a. though there were
something in the story after all, Uncle
Horace" said the exu1tant Leo; and re-
Meeting on the mysterious negroes head
and equally mysterious stone-work, Imade
no direct reply.
"a country like Africa" I said, sis sure
to be full of the relics Of long dead and for.
gotten civilizations. Nobody knows tho
age OF the Egyptian civilization, and very
likely It had offshoots. Then there were
the B~abylonians, and the Phnnicians, and
the Persians, and all manner Of people, all
more or less civilized, to saynothing Of the
Jews whom everybody wants nowadays.
1t Is possible that they, or any one Of them,
may have had colonies or trading stations
about here. Remember those buried Per
sian cities that the consul showed us at Kill
wa" (Ncar Kilwa, on the east coast Of AZ.
RIGA, about four hundred miles south Of
Zanzibar, is a cliff which has been recently
washed by the waves. On the top Of this
Gilt are Persian tombs known to be at
least seven centuries old by the dates still
legible on them. Beneath these tombs is
layer OF debris representing q city. Fur.
ther down the cliff is a second layer repre-
senting an older city, and further down
yet q third layer, the remains Of q still'
more ancient city Of vast and unknown an.
tiquity. Beneath the bottom city were
found some specimens Of glazed earthen.
ware, such as are occasionally to be met
with on that coast to this day. I believe
that they are now in the possession Of Sir
John Kirk.-Editor.)
"Quite So" said Leo; 'sbut that Is not
what you said BEFORE"
"NVell, what is to be done now?" lasked.
turning the conversation.
AS no answer was forthcoming we pro.
ceedcd to the edge Of the swamp, and
looked over 1t. It was apparently bound-
less, and vast docks of every sort Of water.
fowl came flying from its recesses till Il
was sometimes difficult to SEQ the sky.
Now that the sun was getting high, It drew
thin, sickly looking clouds of poisonous
vapor from the surface of the marsh and
from the scummy pools OF stagnant water
1.-TWO thing are clear to me-" I said, adj
dressing my three companions, who stared
at this spectacle in dismay, ''first: that we
can't go across there" Il pointed to the
swamp, "and secondly, that If we stor
here we shall certainly die of fever"
"That is as clear as a hay-stack," said
Job. ~
Every well, then; there are two alterna.
dves before us. One is to 'bout-ship, and
try and u for some port in the whale.
boat, which would be a sufficient. risky
proceeding, and tho other to sail OR row on
up the river. and see where we come to"
II don't know what youare goingtodo,"
ing up that river"
To1N <r1v,n,1 ,,n kl.n v~lsknr ~ III. .-...-S
groaned, and the Arab murmurcd ..Allah!"
and groaned also. AS for me, I remarked
sweetly. that as we seemed to be between
the devil and the deep sea, it did not much
matter where we went. But in reality I
was as anxious to proceed as Leo. The
colossal Negroes head and the stone wharf
had excited my curiosity to an extent Of
which ! was secretly ashamed, and I was
prepared to crafty It at any cost. Accord
lngly, having carefully fitted the mast, re-
slowed the boat, and got out our rifles, we
embarked. Fortunately the wind was
blowing on shore from the ocean, 20 we
were able to hoist the sail. Indeed, we at
terward found out that az a general rule
the wind set on shore from day-break for
some hours, and of shore again at sunset,
and the explanation that I offer Of this -
that when the earth Is cooled by the dew
and tho night the hot air rises, and the
draught rushes in from the sea, till the sun
has once more heated it through. At least
that appeared to be the rule here.
Taking advantage Of this favoring wind,
we sailed merrily up the river for three or
four hours. About midday the sun grew
intensely hot. and the stencil drawn up b.
1t from the marshes which the river drain
Ito be continually